World War 1 Service:
Königsberg (ii)
II Scouting Group.
17 November 1917 engaged with British cruisers in second Battle of Heligoland Bight.
Ceded to France and scrapped 1936.

Karlsruhe (ii)
II Scouting Group.
Interned and Scuttled at Scapa Flow at the end of World War 1.

Nürnberg (ii)
II Scouting Group.
Interned and beached at Scapa Flow at the end of World War 1.
Used as target 1922 by French and scrapped 1926.

Emden (ii)
October 1917 operations at the Baltic Islands.
Interned and beached at Scapa Flow at the end of World War 1.
Became a French prize and in 1926 scrapped.

SMS Königsberg. All the class survived the war and three were at Scapa Flow during the scuttling although two of
these were beached by the British. All four were taken as prizes by the victorious powers after this.